The delicate and treasured Carrolup artworks were created by Aboriginal children stolen from their families and detained at the Carrolup Native Settlement in the 1940s. Lost overseas for more than 50 years, the Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork came home to Noongar country in 2013 and brought with them an opportunity for truth-telling and healing. They offer a rare glimpse into the lives of the Stolen Generations children during this dark chapter of our shared past.
Place
The Herbert Mayer Collection of Carrolup Artwork is a unique collection of artworks created by Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations in the 1940s at the Carrolup Native Settlement in Western Australia. This is the story of those artworks.
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The Katijin Coolungah [Seek and See What Was and What Can Be] Education Program is a creative and engaging learning experience for primary and secondary students
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When you support the The Carrolup Centre for Truth-telling, you help make tomorrow better through the transformative power of art.
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Curtin University is embarking on a project to create a dedicated home for these artworks that will become a centre for truth-telling, healing and reconciliation.
Curtin University is embarking on an ambitious and important project to create a permanent gallery space for this collection of artworks. A space dedicated to the memory of the children: A place of truth-telling and quiet reflection.
The below video shows footage of Decade of Carrolup, an exhibition in 2023 which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the repatriation of the Collection of Carrolup Children’s Artwork to Noongar Boodja.
